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STEM after school at Wood Acres

Spring 2017

The Great Adventure Lab is an after-school science enrichment program offering our classes in 50+ schools in the D.C. area. We’ve taught thousands of kids how to write their first robotics programs or video game programs (or both!). Student to adult ratio of 7:1 or better for most classes.

Video Game Programming A and B use the same programming platform with different projects. Students may take either or both in any order.

In Video Game Programming B, students will learn how to make characters talk and move while creating their very own games. Students with previous experience can build more complex games; students who are taking this class for the first time can master the basics.

Let's get our hands dirty! Students will learn about the natural world through hands-on projects involving solar power, earthworm habitats, fireflies, animal tracks and more! We'll also check out what the real world looks like through a microscope. Projects vary depending on season and class interests.

Mythbusters isn’t just for big kids. We’ll start each class with a storybook and then do hands-on science experiments to test and recreate story elements or solve problems in the story. In this class we’ll make tin can telephones, density layer cakes, galimotos and much more!

Storybook Science classes A, B, C and D follow the same format with new books and experiments. Classes may be taken in any order but may not be repeated.

Robo Challenge Contraptions follows the same format as Robo Challenge Machines, but with different projects including a venus fly trap, a marble counter and a marble shooting soccer game! Robo Challenge Contraptions and Robo Challenge Machines can be taken in any order, but students may not repeat either class.